Michèle Schwald

3.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
13 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Michèle Schwald is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Michèle Schwald has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Michèle Schwald's work include Nerve injury and regeneration (6 papers), Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (6 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (5 papers). Michèle Schwald is often cited by papers focused on Nerve injury and regeneration (6 papers), Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (6 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (5 papers). Michèle Schwald collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland and United States. Michèle Schwald's co-authors include Félicien Karege, Jean‐Michel Aubry, Gilles Bertschy, Guido Bondolfi, Guillaume Perret, Nader Perroud, Romano La Harpe, Nicola Gervasoni, Eladia Ballmann and Alain Malafosse and has published in prestigious journals such as Biological Psychiatry, Brain Research and Neuropsychopharmacology.

In The Last Decade

Michèle Schwald

13 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Decreased serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels ... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 2002 2005 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Decreased serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in major depressed patients
    2002 992 citations Félicien Karege, Guillaume Perret et al. Psychiatry Research profile →
  2. Postnatal developmental profile of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in rat brain and platelets
    2002 715 citations Félicien Karege, Michèle Schwald et al. Neuroscience Letters profile →
  3. Low Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) levels in serum of depressed patients probably results from lowered platelet BDNF release unrelated to platelet reactivity
    2005 500 citations Félicien Karege, Guido Bondolfi et al. Biological Psychiatry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michèle Schwald Switzerland 11 1.8k 967 780 657 574 13 3.2k
Félicien Karege Switzerland 25 2.0k 1.1× 1.0k 1.0× 897 1.1× 788 1.2× 741 1.3× 45 4.4k
Masashi Nibuya Japan 21 2.1k 1.2× 1.1k 1.1× 552 0.7× 1.0k 1.5× 767 1.3× 51 4.0k
Mário Cesar do Nascimento Bevilaqua Brazil 11 1.5k 0.8× 781 0.8× 824 1.1× 598 0.9× 357 0.6× 15 3.5k
Gisele Pereira Dias Brazil 12 1.5k 0.8× 824 0.9× 847 1.1× 605 0.9× 379 0.7× 28 3.8k
Vidita A. Vaidya India 38 2.2k 1.2× 1.2k 1.2× 596 0.8× 1.0k 1.5× 620 1.1× 91 4.8k
Maura Boldrini United States 24 1.1k 0.6× 1.3k 1.3× 577 0.7× 615 0.9× 638 1.1× 39 4.0k
R. S. Duman United States 8 2.5k 1.3× 1.1k 1.2× 515 0.7× 811 1.2× 758 1.3× 9 3.8k
Amelia Russo‐Neustadt United States 21 1.4k 0.7× 950 1.0× 450 0.6× 603 0.9× 292 0.5× 30 3.2k
Antônio Egídio Nardi Brazil 2 1.4k 0.8× 697 0.7× 742 1.0× 511 0.8× 312 0.5× 3 3.1k
Naoe Okamura Japan 23 1.8k 1.0× 441 0.5× 1.1k 1.4× 410 0.6× 354 0.6× 38 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Michèle Schwald

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Michèle Schwald's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Michèle Schwald with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Michèle Schwald more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Michèle Schwald

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Michèle Schwald. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Michèle Schwald. The network helps show where Michèle Schwald may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michèle Schwald

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michèle Schwald. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michèle Schwald based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Michèle Schwald. Michèle Schwald is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
1.
Aubry, Jean‐Michel, Michèle Schwald, Eladia Ballmann, & Félicien Karege. (2009). Early effects of mood stabilizers on the Akt/GSK-3β signaling pathway and on cell survival and proliferation. Psychopharmacology. 205(3). 419–429. 66 indexed citations
2.
Karege, Félicien, Nader Perroud, Sandra Burkhardt, et al.. (2006). Alteration in Kinase Activity But Not in Protein Levels of Protein Kinase B and Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β in Ventral Prefrontal Cortex of Depressed Suicide Victims. Biological Psychiatry. 61(2). 240–245. 179 indexed citations
3.
Karege, Félicien, Guido Bondolfi, Nicola Gervasoni, et al.. (2005). Low Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) levels in serum of depressed patients probably results from lowered platelet BDNF release unrelated to platelet reactivity. Biological Psychiatry. 57(9). 1068–1072. 500 indexed citations breakdown →
4.
Gervasoni, Nicola, Jean‐Michel Aubry, Guido Bondolfi, et al.. (2005). Partial Normalization of Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Remitted Patients after a Major Depressive Episode. Neuropsychobiology. 51(4). 234–238. 176 indexed citations
5.
Karege, Félicien, et al.. (2005). Neurotrophin levels in postmortem brains of suicide victims and the effects of antemortem diagnosis and psychotropic drugs. Molecular Brain Research. 136(1-2). 29–37. 474 indexed citations
6.
Karege, Félicien, et al.. (2004). Drug-Induced Decrease of Protein Kinase A Activity Reveals Alteration in BDNF Expression of Bipolar Affective Disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology. 29(4). 805–812. 29 indexed citations
7.
Karege, Félicien, et al.. (2003). The cAMP-dependent protein kinase A and brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in lymphoblast cells of bipolar affective disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders. 79(1-3). 187–192. 32 indexed citations
8.
Karege, Félicien, et al.. (2002). Postnatal developmental profile of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in rat brain and platelets. Neuroscience Letters. 328(3). 261–264. 715 indexed citations breakdown →
9.
Karege, Félicien, Guillaume Perret, Guido Bondolfi, et al.. (2002). Decreased serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in major depressed patients. Psychiatry Research. 109(2). 143–148. 992 indexed citations breakdown →
10.
11.
Karege, Félicien, et al.. (2001). Differential changes of cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity and 3H-cAMP binding sites in rat hippocampus during maturation and aging. Neuroscience Letters. 315(1-2). 89–92. 27 indexed citations
12.
Karege, Félicien, Catherine Burési, Jean Golaz, Michèle Schwald, & Alain Malafosse. (2000). Decreased expression of G?s mRNA and protein levels in lithium-treated bipolar affective disorder. Human Psychopharmacology Clinical and Experimental. 15(3). 191–197. 1 indexed citations
13.
Karege, Félicien, Jean Golaz, Michèle Schwald, & Alain Malafosse. (1999). Lithium and Haloperidol Treatments Differently Affect the Mononuclear Leukocyte Gαs Protein Levels in Bipolar Affective Disorder. Neuropsychobiology. 39(4). 181–186. 4 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Félicien Karege Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Masashi Nibuya Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Mário Cesar do Nascimento Bevilaqua Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Gisele Pereira Dias Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Vidita A. Vaidya Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Maura Boldrini Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by R. S. Duman Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Amelia Russo‐Neustadt Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Antônio Egídio Nardi Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Naoe Okamura
Rankless by CCL
2026